Magazine of Western History1885 - Local history |
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... friend of Galinée , we should read Ganes- togue or " Ganahogue , ' the ancient name of the Cuyahoga . It is not improbable that the guide of La Salle knew of this route , along which , ascending the Cuyahoga from Cleveland , the party ...
... friend of Galinée , we should read Ganes- togue or " Ganahogue , ' the ancient name of the Cuyahoga . It is not improbable that the guide of La Salle knew of this route , along which , ascending the Cuyahoga from Cleveland , the party ...
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... friend of the Abbé Galinée , already re- ferred to , whose name is a subject of conjecture , but presumed by Mr. Parkman to have been the second Prince of Conti , Armand de Bourbon , a friend of La Salle , seventeen or eighteen years of ...
... friend of the Abbé Galinée , already re- ferred to , whose name is a subject of conjecture , but presumed by Mr. Parkman to have been the second Prince of Conti , Armand de Bourbon , a friend of La Salle , seventeen or eighteen years of ...
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... friends of the French , but lost them the conquerors of the Hurons . The French had been pursuing their occupation , such as it was , over the peninsula north of Lake Erie , and established several posts around Lakes Superior and Huron ...
... friends of the French , but lost them the conquerors of the Hurons . The French had been pursuing their occupation , such as it was , over the peninsula north of Lake Erie , and established several posts around Lakes Superior and Huron ...
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... friends ; how he built upon Lake Ontario and Niagara , and planned to build on Lake Erie and further west . In 1667 he was in France . He was already famous and of influence . His scheme was vast . He wished to penetrate to the great ...
... friends ; how he built upon Lake Ontario and Niagara , and planned to build on Lake Erie and further west . In 1667 he was in France . He was already famous and of influence . His scheme was vast . He wished to penetrate to the great ...
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... friend of the movement , General Tupper , was the greater part of the year in the west . The influence of the others was very largely counteracted by events of an alarming nature - the dissatisfaction which finally culminated in Shay's ...
... friend of the movement , General Tupper , was the greater part of the year in the west . The influence of the others was very largely counteracted by events of an alarming nature - the dissatisfaction which finally culminated in Shay's ...
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Page 59 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 58 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
Page 57 - ... after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the legislature: provided, that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years, and . be a resident in the district, or unless he shall have resided in the district three years, and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right, in...
Page 57 - Congress shall appoint & commission to serve as aforesaid ; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council by death or removal from office, the house of Representatives shall nominate two persons qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names to Congress...
Page 57 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress from time to time : which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the General Assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards the Legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
Page 57 - ... and return their names to congress; one of whom congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term.
Page 56 - ... real estates may be conveyed by lease and release or bargain and sale signed, sealed and delivered by the person being of full age in whom the estate may be and attested by two witnesses...
Page 56 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them ; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the...
Page 58 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting, during this temporary government.
Page 56 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...